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For what it's worth, PHP has always been kinda "serverless". You just point the PHP interpreter at a file, and it runs the script contained in the file!
by kijin 6y ago
For what it's worth, PHP has always been kinda "serverless". You just point the PHP interpreter at a file, and it runs the script contained in the file!
- slt2021 6y ago+1. PHP can easily host 1000 applications on a single node, while java people would struggle hosting 1000 docker contained spring boot monsters
- jfrunyon 6y agoMy sweet summer child...
- jfrunyon 6y agoThat's how literally anything which is "executable" works. You just point the interpreter (kernel, ld-linux, php, python, ...) at a file, and it runs the file.
- kijin 6y agoExactly, and PHP brings this simple intuitive behavior to the web. You just point your browser at a .php file, and the server runs the file for you.
- jfrunyon 6y agoSure, once you've set up the web server, and PHP itself, and installed (usually through a not-easily-wget'able link) the program you want, and configured it, and set up its permissions properly...